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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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